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Daily Dose 1-50

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The play received _________from critics and audiences alike

a)

wary

b)

valiant

c)

accolades

d)

allot

2.

Aaron seemed to be a little _____of the bison, which wasn't altogether a bad thing.

a)

wary

b)

engulf

c)

loaf

d)

menace

3.

We know too little of the facts to _______blame to either of them.

a)

avid

b)

allot

c)

bliss

d)

boast

4.

A perfect way to add a little _______to your look next time you are with that special someone, the delicate scent of Bulgarian Rose.

a)

reside

b)

loaf

c)

forlorn

d)

allure

5.

His goal was to ________weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them.

a)

cordial

b)

acquire

c)

braggart

d)

hospitable

6.

Mr. Cooms was _____________about what he described as an assault on our safety

a)

feign

b)

dawdle

c)

apprehensive

d)

colossal

7.

An _______reader, she also regularly indulges in retail therapy.

a)

dismay

b)

ensure

c)

indifferent

d)

avid

8.

Reading takes me to eternal ________where I don't know where the current is going to take me.

a)

bliss

b)

covet

c)

drab

d)

noteworthy

9.

The ______________student disrupted his class everyday.

a)

engluf

b)

boisterous

c)

hospitable

d)

flout

10.

You sound like a _________, so you should try to be more humble.

a)

dismay

b)

braggart

c)

perpetual

d)

skulk

11.

This woman could bring me to the ______of insanity.

a)

brink

b)

dispel

c)

procrastinate

d)

revolt

12.

You must think I'm a _________liar.

a)

dismay

b)

colossal

c)

plight

d)

solace

13.

The student grew ___________about the challenges ahead.

a)

complacent

b)

infuriate

c)

flout

d)

refrain

14.

He wrote to his family saying that he would __________moving in order to live in Spain

a)

contemplate

b)

drab

c)

engross

d)

flout

15.

Its promoters declared their intention of maintaining _______relations with enemy.

a)

grimace

b)

plight

c)

despondent

d)

cordial

16.

No matter what designer you ________or which styles you as a retailer would like to carry for your clientele, there are replica watches out there in every model and maker.

a)

drab

b)

covet

c)

dawdle

d)

indifferent

17.

Many students ___________ on their way back from the nurse, so they can take as long as possible to get back to class.

a)

dawdle

b)

feign

c)

respite

d)

solace

18.

The children, feeling sad and ____________, were about to follow him when the Wizard touched Dorothy softly on her shoulder.

a)

accolade

b)

avid

c)

despondent

d)

acquire

19.

She turned on the device and waited, uttering a cry of ______when she saw the background.

a)

trite

b)

reside

c)

dismay

d)

ensure

20.

Antibiotics affect the body at an intracellular level to _____infectious organisms.

a)

dispel

b)

perpetual

c)

revolt

d)

avid

21.

Although called blue, the color is a boring or ______tone.

a)

menace

b)

engross

c)

drab

d)

covet

22.

Because the ships are so large and the events within the story are often influenced by the location of characters throughout the ship, blueprints of Star Trek ships can help a reader _________themselves into the story.

a)

engross

b)

flout

c)

hospitable

d)

refrain

23.

Jessi fought back whatever illness was trying to ________her.

a)

loaf

b)

respite

c)

forlorn

d)

engulf

24.

She froze then looked around to _______no one was there to overhear them.

a)

ensure

b)

loaf

c)

allot

d)

avid

25.

I wish you wouldn't feign illness on every first day of school.

a)

ostentatious

b)

feign

c)

flout

d)

boast

26.

He pressed his face against the window and managed a ________ goodbye wave.

a)

perpetual

b)

plight

c)

forlorn

d)

refrain

27.

Prince Andrew stopped and made a ________, as if expecting something unpleasant.

a)

loaf

b)

grimace

c)

revolt

d)

skulk

28.

Although cruel to their enemies, they were ________to strangers.

a)

terse

b)

flout

c)

hospitable

d)

avid

29.

Mr. Reynolds was _________to the subject.

a)

apprehensive

b)

indifferent

c)

feign

d)

revolt

30.

Currently, telemarketers are not permitted to make calls to cell phone numbers - but some inevitably do make it through and the calls usually ___________cell phone owners

a)

braggart

b)

allot

c)

plight

d)

infuriate

31.

During the week, I work hard, but on the weekend I tend to __________ around the house.

a)

loaf

b)

wary

c)

terse

d)

revolt

32.

He's a ___________to everything.

a)

cordial

b)

covet

c)

menace

d)

flout

33.

When a teacher writes information on the board, it is probably __________ and students should write it in their binders.

a)

noteworthy

b)

expedient

c)

brink

d)

dawdle

34.

Because Katie Holmes has a petite figure with slender hands, the ring has been described as _____________ and too big for her narrow fingers (brides typically select rings with shapes to complement their hand shapes and size

a)

accolade

b)

ostentatious

c)

grimace

d)

dismay

35.

King Frost lives in a beautiful palace far to the North, in the land of __________snow.

a)

covet

b)

perpetual

c)

allot

d)

valiant

36.

Many thought this illness had changed him from a slightly arrogant young man into one who was sympathetic to the _________ of others.

a)

plight

b)

trite

c)

colossal

d)

refrain

37.

If I didn't ________________so much, I could get more done.

a)

engross

b)

grimace

c)

procrastinate

d)

respite

38.

They ________in small towns and mud forts scattered along the coast.

a)

menace

b)

ensure

c)

reside

d)

brink

39.

Damien was _________by the gory movie.

a)

dawdled

b)

revolted

c)

loafed

d)

cordial

40.

The manager will take _______in signing a new contract at the club.

a)

expedient

b)

dispel

c)

valiant

d)

solace

41.

At midnight, when there was a moon, I sometimes met with hounds in my path prowling about the woods, which would __________out of my way, as if afraid, and stand silent amid the bushes till I had passed.

a)

skulk

b)

covet

c)

infuriate

d)

terse

42.

Atomic clocks, in particular, are great for this purpose, since they automatically ___________with different atomic clocks around the world.

a)

allot

b)

braggart

c)

synchronize

d)

trite

43.

I could tell by her _______response Molly was irritated.

a)

engulf

b)

terse

c)

dawdle

d)

wary

44.

Many sayings are _______or cliche, but don't avoid them solely for that reason.

a)

indifferent

b)

expedient

c)

trite

d)

bliss

45.

The smile instantly faded and a ________expression took its place.

a)

acquire

b)

boisterous

c)

flout

d)

wary